Theodoric is a Germanic given name . First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great , king of the Ostrogoths .
16-668: Tudur ( [ˈtɨ̞dɨ̞r] ), from old Welsh Tutir , is the Welsh form of the given name Theodoric and may refer to: Tewdrig , king of Glywysing (fl. 6th century) Tudur Hen (Theodoric the Old), eponymous founder of the Tudor dynasty Tudur ap Goronwy (died 1367), Welsh landowner, soldier and administrator of the Tudors of Penmynydd family Tudur ap Gruffudd (c. 1357 – 1405), participated in
32-416: A supposed "Apollo Teutorix" in 19th-century literature. John Rhŷs (1892) opined that "the interest attached to the word Toutiorix is out of all proportion to its single occurrence". The existence of a genuinely Celtic name Teutorix or Tout(i)orix is uncertain, though Welsh Tudur , Old Welsh Tutir presupposes a precise cognate of Toutorix at least in ancient British Celtic . Rhŷs surmises that
48-563: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Theodoric The name was Latinized as Theodoricus or Theodericus , originally from a Common Germanic form * Þeudarīks ("people-ruler") from * þeudō ("people") and * rīks , which would have resulted in a Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*þiudareiks). Anglicized spellings of the name during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages include Theodoric , Theoderic , Theudoric , Theuderic . Gregory of Tours Latinized
64-649: Is the origin of the name of the English Tudor dynasty . The earliest record of the name is in a Roman-era (3rd century) inscription, discovered in 1784 in Wiesbaden (at the time known as Aquae Mattiacorum in Germania Superior ), edited in Codex inscriptionum romanarum Danubii et Rheni as no. 684: IN. H. D. D. APOLLINI. TOVTIORIGI , interpreted as In honorem domus divinae, Apolloni toutiorigi . This has given rise to
80-518: The Ancient Greek name Θεόδωρος ( Theódoros ), meaning "gift of God(s)" ( from the Ancient Greek words θεός , ( theós ) "God/Gods" and δῶρον ( dṓron ) "gift". The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and Theodorus of Byzantium , but gained popularity due to the rise of Christendom . In any form, it means "God(s)-given", or "gift of God/Gods", as do
96-601: The Norwegian Tjodrik , Diderik and Didrik . Of the Romance languages, French has Thierry and Italian , Portuguese and Spanish has Teodorico . The English forms Derek , Derrick and Terry have been re-introduced from the continent, from Low German, Dutch and French sources. The derived Welsh form is Tewdrig ; however, there also exists the related Welsh name Tudur (from Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs , exactly cognate with Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks ) which
112-565: The Ostrogoths (454–526), who became a legendary figure of the Germanic Heroic Age as Dietrich von Bern . After the end of late antiquity , during the 6th to 8th centuries there were also several kings of the Franks called Theodoric (or Theuderic). Finally, there was an early Anglo-Saxon king of Bernicia called Theodric (also spelled Deoric , Old English Þēodrīc ). While
128-581: The "historical Teuton" (viz. Theoderic the Great ) bore a name of the Gaulish Apollo as adopted into early Germanic religion . The first known bearer of the name was Theodoric I , son of Alaric I , king of the Visigoths (d. 451). The Gothic form of the name would have been Þiudareiks , which was Latinized as Theodericus . The notability of the name is due to Theoderic the Great , son of Theodemir , king of
144-607: The 15th century. Similarly, the Scandinavian Tjodrik is attested for the 12th century, but it is replaced by the Low German forms Ditrik, Dirk in the late medieval period. The spread of the Low German form to Middle Norwegian, Middle Danish and late Middle English or Early Modern English are part of a larger linguistic trend due to the influence of the Hanseatic League during this period. The German form Dietrich
160-588: The Anglo-Saxon name Theodric ( Deoric , old form: th = d) became extinct in the Middle English period, it was adopted in Welsh as Tewdrig . The name remains popular in medieval German as Dietrich , and is adopted into French as Thierry . It is rendered in Medieval Latin as Theodoricus or as Theodericus . The Middle High German legend of Dietrich von Bern is based on the historical Theodoric, king of
176-726: The Ostrogoths. The German Dietrich von Bern is reflected as Þiðrekr af Bern in the Old Norse Þiðreks saga . The medieval German legend gives rise to the Dietrich of the Renaissance era Heldenbücher . The Old Norse form of the name was Þjóðríkr (spelled þiaurikʀ on the 9th-century Rök runestone ). This became Tjodrik in Middle Norwegian . The Dutch form Derek was used in England from
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208-577: The given names Jonathan , Nathaniel , Matthew , hibatullah , Devadatta , Dosetai , Bogdan , and Adeodatus . The name has risen in popularity across the Anglosphere in recent years. Theodore was among the five most popular names for White newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022. It was among the ten most popular names for newborn boys nationally in the United States in 2021. It
224-526: The name as Theodorus , in origin the unrelated Greek name Theodore (Θεόδωρος, meaning "God's gift"). As the name survived throughout the Middle Ages, it transformed into a multitude of forms in the languages of Western Europe. These include the High German form Dietrich , abbreviated Dieter , the Low German and Dutch form Diederik , or Dierik , abbreviated Dirck , Dirk , Dik or Diede ,
240-881: The rebellion of his brother, Owain Glyndŵr Tudur ap Gwyn Hagr (fl. second half of the 14th century), a Welsh language poet Tudur Penllyn (1420–1490), Welsh-language poet Tudur Aled (1465–1525), late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansannan , Denbighshire Harri Tudur (1457–1509), the Welsh-language name for Henry VII of England (r. from 1485) Siôn Tudur (1522–1602), Welsh-language poet R. Tudur Jones (1921–1998), Welsh nationalist and Calvinist theologian Owain Tudur Jones (born 1984), Welsh international footballer See also [ edit ] Tudor (disambiguation) Pandy Tudur , village in
256-401: Was abbreviated to Dieter . The Low German and Dutch languages abbreviated Diederik as Dirk or Diede . French retains Thierry . The Scandinavian languages have borrowed Dirk and Diderik , replacing the native Tjodrik , while English borrowed Derek from Dutch and Terry from French. Theodore (given name) Theodore is a masculine given name . It comes from
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